Eleodes (Melaneleodes) halli Blaisdell, 1941

Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) 69, pp. 27-54 : 47

Eleodes (Melaneleodes) halli Blaisdell, 1941

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Eleodes fuscipilosus Blaisdell, 1925 (nec Casey, 1890)

Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate, roughly sculptured. Pronotum more or less quadrate, anterior angles slightly projected, disc densely and fairly heavily punctate, punctures with small, more or less inconspicuous setae. Elytra evenly and densely tuberculate, tubercles with conspicuous, erect setae. Profemur unarmed in both sexes. Prosternum slightly inflated beyond procoxae, without distinct process.

Distribution. Coconino and Apache Counties, Arizona. Southern Utah.

Remarks. This species is exceedingly rare in collections, known from about 10 specimens. It somewhat resembles heavily sculptured specimens of E. rileyi specimens, but the erect setae of the elytra will readily separate E. halli .

Figures

Fig. 4. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. armatus, male, B) E. tricostatus, C) E. suturalis, D) E. halli. Scale bars = 1 cm.